I want to use a mage with my army, but he has a leadership of zero and i can't put him in my commanders army...

The beginner guide i read mentioned I should use a mage, but I am lost on this. Any help appreciated.

Just to clarify a bit. The "commander" you are using is a commander who has leadership to lead normal units. The mage you are talking about is also a commander but does not have leadership (at least for ordinary units).

Commander units don't lead each other and are separate entities which are displayed on the strategic map individually. A scout will appear here for example but a footman does not.

Follow Hully's advice to move them together as an army. You need to make sure that your mages are deployed behind the troops your other commander is bringing though so they don't get overrun by the enemy or shot to death by archers.

To get the best use of the mages though you need magical research and to script them by changing their orders and picking out their spells. If they are out of range of a spell you script for them they will go off-script and start casting stupid crap, so if you want to use shorter range spells you might want to deploy your army forward so you can move your mages up a bit.

After the 5 turns of scripted casting you can do you mages will also go off-script so it is important to do the most important things in those 5 turns.

If you right-click the leadership thing on a commander it explains it more fully.

A Mage does usually lead normal units, or if it does its only about 10 mostly just to be bodyguards. But usually right-clicking the leadership shows they can lead undead, or summoned magical creatures. Based on what their magic is. Often in very large numbers.

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